Firearm deaths
Deaths from firearm injuries of any intent (suicide, homicide, unintentional, legal intervention or undetermined) during the year, by the state of residence of the person who died. NCHS National Vital Statistics System final death data.
Available for US states and DC. Counted from death certificates. The 50 states and DC add up to the national total NCHS publishes (44,447 in 2024).
Key facts
- Texas had the highest firearm deaths of 51 states in 2024, at 4,389, and Rhode Island the lowest, at 55. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Published for 51 places, with figures from 2005 to 2024.
Rankings
US states by firearm deaths, 2024
Places with data
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Dakota
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest firearm deaths? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"firearm_deaths","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=firearm_deaths&level=region&within=United%20States